Tyler Dukes
@mtdukes.bsky.social
Lead editor, AI innovation in journalism at McClatchy. Former News & Observer I-team. Duke University adjunct. 2017 Nieman Fellow. Powered by gas station coffee and eastern NC barbecue.
This ain’t a surfing movie!
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This ain’t a surfing movie!
Aww yeah, new favorite sticker.
October 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Aww yeah, new favorite sticker.
FWIW, this is a claim some municipalities here in NC make.
October 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
FWIW, this is a claim some municipalities here in NC make.
Good to know genAI chatbots are now being used in these spammy home buying texts. (Note: this neither my name nor my address).
September 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Good to know genAI chatbots are now being used in these spammy home buying texts. (Note: this neither my name nor my address).
Oh I will. Thanks @reclaimtherecords.org, and let us know if you need help!
August 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Oh I will. Thanks @reclaimtherecords.org, and let us know if you need help!
Get in, loser: We’re going FOIA appealing.
(h/t @reclaimtherecords.org)
(h/t @reclaimtherecords.org)
August 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Get in, loser: We’re going FOIA appealing.
(h/t @reclaimtherecords.org)
(h/t @reclaimtherecords.org)
Damn right it did.
Proud to support @wunc.org, its fine work and its fine people.
Join me, if you haven't already: support.wunc.org/site/Donatio...
Proud to support @wunc.org, its fine work and its fine people.
Join me, if you haven't already: support.wunc.org/site/Donatio...
July 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Damn right it did.
Proud to support @wunc.org, its fine work and its fine people.
Join me, if you haven't already: support.wunc.org/site/Donatio...
Proud to support @wunc.org, its fine work and its fine people.
Join me, if you haven't already: support.wunc.org/site/Donatio...
Winnie is unsure about these fireworks, but not yet bothered.
July 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Winnie is unsure about these fireworks, but not yet bothered.
The AI PR bots are learning*
*badly predicting a string of likely next text tokens based on an impersonalized amalgam of random Googleable things about me
*badly predicting a string of likely next text tokens based on an impersonalized amalgam of random Googleable things about me
July 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The AI PR bots are learning*
*badly predicting a string of likely next text tokens based on an impersonalized amalgam of random Googleable things about me
*badly predicting a string of likely next text tokens based on an impersonalized amalgam of random Googleable things about me
Think I may have finally got me a brewery dog.
June 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Think I may have finally got me a brewery dog.
Just in time for the weekend.
May 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Just in time for the weekend.
What’s fascinating about this part of this conversation is that there’s no acknowledgment that *Google* and its SEO incentives are the drivers behind why recipes were front-loaded with garbage, making content worse. www.theverge.com/c/23998379/g...
May 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
What’s fascinating about this part of this conversation is that there’s no acknowledgment that *Google* and its SEO incentives are the drivers behind why recipes were front-loaded with garbage, making content worse. www.theverge.com/c/23998379/g...
On this weekend’s reading list.
May 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
On this weekend’s reading list.
Shout out to my BRILLIANT @newsobserver.com and @charlotteobserver.com colleagues, who were named Pulitzer finalists for their indispensable coverage of Hurricane Helene's devastation on our communities. pulitzer.org/finalists/22...
May 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Shout out to my BRILLIANT @newsobserver.com and @charlotteobserver.com colleagues, who were named Pulitzer finalists for their indispensable coverage of Hurricane Helene's devastation on our communities. pulitzer.org/finalists/22...
Lordy, my home state is gorgeous.
May 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Lordy, my home state is gorgeous.
ever wanted to purchase snacks or sweatshirts from the hollowed-out husk of a publisher that fired its news reporters because boy howdy do I have just the spot for you
April 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
ever wanted to purchase snacks or sweatshirts from the hollowed-out husk of a publisher that fired its news reporters because boy howdy do I have just the spot for you
a little unsettled by the latest updates from ChatGPT image generation
March 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
a little unsettled by the latest updates from ChatGPT image generation
new vanity tag who dis
March 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
new vanity tag who dis
Visiting Joshua Tree National Park for the first time, and every photo I try to take fails to do it justice. The park system - and the people who support it - are national treasures.
February 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Visiting Joshua Tree National Park for the first time, and every photo I try to take fails to do it justice. The park system - and the people who support it - are national treasures.
Feeling a bit like a rube here, but can Google Gemini actually create folders and files in Drive? Or is it making this up? Am I missing something?
January 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Feeling a bit like a rube here, but can Google Gemini actually create folders and files in Drive? Or is it making this up? Am I missing something?